Hello!

 This is Eddie Young, and I'm happy to be a part of the PNW website!

 I hope to communicate with my fellow artist and creative types here at PNW and to hear about how things are going for other illustrators.

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Hello all!  Got the invite a few days ago and just joined up, as you can see.  I like the layout of the site so far- it's very sleek and uncluttered.  

I'm currently at work on a variety of pieces, which will then be posted here.  

 This has kept my busy the later part of the week.  Its also number 301 in the archive.  I started numbering my illustrations (not sketchbook, early patterns or iconography) when I started getting decent in Illustrator around 2003-ish.  Some get bunched up if part of collections and art I dont like I dump.  Someone once said you don't know what your doing as an illustrator until you have done 100 pieces.  Id add to that 100 per style.  It was at least that until I knew how I wanted my AI illustrations to come out.  This is only number nine or ten in this technique and although I'm attacking them in the same way, trying to stay consistent in resolution, brush size and opacity, I know they will be better down the road.  But, so far, so good.

Phew, well that's a few samples of my work uploaded for now. It's been one heck of a weekend, and the only painting I've done is the garage door! It's not like I've even got to paint it yet ... I've been sanding, filling, sanding, sealing the wood, sealing the wood again, filling a bit I missed before etc. 

Maybe by tomorrow I'll be able to do the first undercoat of paint (oh yes, after the wood sealant has dried and been lightly sanded and wiped down again). Of course the painting is the last bit, the satisfying, fun, see-it-all-change-for-the-better bit where I don't feel I have to keep apologizing to the neighbors for the mess; they say it's all in the preparation: a good finish is dependent on thorough groundwork, and though it sounds like a cliché, how like so many other things... freelance design work for example ... I just want to get on and do what I love doing: drawing, illustrating, painting, but first I've got to find clients and to do that, I've got to prepare my portfolios, upload the work, email art buyers and editors, and do all the preparation and ground work that will, if all goes well, (which it will of course) eventually lead to me pulling out the brush/pencil/mouse and doing what I love best ... but it's all in the preparation.

Greeting fellow Artist

 I'm one of the new guys on the block.If you have time to view the work and have some question, just send them along.

See you soon.

... hello World!

exhibition: "coming soon" at fumetto festival

serie of 25, "coming soon, mixed media on cardboard, different sizes

location: restaurant maihöfli, maihofstr. 70, 6006 lucerne

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